Larry Riley: Envy of Indiana? Right here in Delaware County

6:24 PM,
Mar. 25, 2014

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Larry Riley

In a county admittedly destitute and having no choice but to cut the 2014 budget and already borrowing millions to stay afloat, present and future money continues to flow like water.

The Delaware County Council on Tuesday approved borrowing $5.5 million to be repaid over 18 years with future Economic Development Income Tax funds.

The spending will repair or replace three bridges, pay off the County Fairgrounds grandstands, upgrade information technology, and give half a million to the county's various towns to spend however they see fit. ...